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Legal• Gretchen Jacobs has started her own firm, Arizona Governmental Affairs, initially focusing on areas such as the high-tech industry, procurement, nonprofits, education and insurance.Jacobs, previously with Greenberg Traurig’s Phoenix office as of counsel, has worked with legislators and the executive ...

If supporters of the legalization of medical marijuana in Arizona gather enough signatures to put a measure on next year’s ballot, it would mark the fourth time in little more than a decade that residents have been asked to deregulate ...

Pinal County threatened to fine Mammoth rancher Laurie Mercer $28,000 for failing to remove steel, tires and other items dumped on land she and her husband lease from the state even though the couple insisted the garbage wasn’t theirs. Laurie ...

At a luncheon celebrating Earth Day on April 22, Gov. Jan Brewer said her administration will work to make the concept of sustainability in Arizona a reality and also reiterated the importance of Arizona's continued involvement with the Western Climate ...

Students from Sequoia Charter School in Mesa perform during an April 21 at the State Capitol in support of distance-learning programs. When a conventional public school didn't work for Kristine Nelson's four children she enrolled them in a virtual charter ...

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has cleared the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, which is one of many steps before the Kansas politician can take her seat as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. But not all committee members agreed with the ...

Anti-immigration activist Chris Simcox – seen here at an October 2008 rally at the Capitol – announced he was taking on Sen. John McCain in the 2010 Republican primary. Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox has formally announced he will challenge ...

Police violated an Arizona man's constitutional rights when they searched his car after he had already been handcuffed and put in a patrol car, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on April 21. Rodney Gant was arrested for driving with a ...